Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?

This article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching algorithm to construc...

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Autores: Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa, Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.33776/rem.vi62.5486
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender wage gap
Management positions
Top wages
Workfamily policies
University graduates
Economía
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spelling Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?Brechas de género en salarios y puestos directivos: ¿contribuyen las políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar a alcanzar la igualdad de género entre los titulados universitarios europeos?Herrarte Sánchez, AinhoaBellido Gómez-Salcedo, FernandoGender wage gapManagement positionsTop wagesWorkfamily policiesUniversity graduatesEconomíaThis article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching algorithm to construct a balanced sample of women and men with the same academic characteristics (field of study, internships, and academic achievement, among others). The analysis reveals that the academic program characteristics play a relevant role in labor market outcomes as the gender gaps diminish when controlling for academic features. We find that gender differences in hourly wages and access to top wages are smaller in countries with longer paid paternity leaves and larger enrollment rates of children aged 0-3 years in preschools. In contrast, work-family reconciliation policies have little effect on the constraints women face in accessing high-level positions that require strong commitment and availabilityEste artículo analiza la brecha salarial de género y en el acceso a puestos directivos entre titulados universitarios de 12 países europeos y explora la capacidad de las políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar para reducir dichas brechas. Utilizando la base de datos REFLEX y aplicando el algoritmo coarsened exact matching para construir una muestra equilibrada de hombres y mujeres con las mismas características académicas (área de estudio, realización de prácticas, resultados académicos, etc.). Los resultados muestran que las características del programa de estudios ejercen un papel importante en los resultados laborales de los titulados y que las brechas de género tienden a estrecharse una vez incorporadas en las estimaciones. Encontramos que las diferencias de género en el salario por hora y en el acceso a empleos con salarios muy altos son menores en aquellos países con mayor duración del permiso de paternidad y tasas más elevadas de matriculación de niños de 0-3 años en guarderías. Por el contrario, los resultados muestran que las políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar ejercen escaso efecto para superar las limitaciones a las que se enfrentan las mujeres para acceder a puestos de alto nivel, caracterizados por requerir elevados niveles de compromiso y disponibilidadUniversidad de HuelvaDepartamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales20222022-12-15research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/716963https://dx.doi.org/10.33776/rem.vi62.5486reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7169632026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
Brechas de género en salarios y puestos directivos: ¿contribuyen las políticas de conciliación laboral y familiar a alcanzar la igualdad de género entre los titulados universitarios europeos?
title Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
spellingShingle Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
Gender wage gap
Management positions
Top wages
Workfamily policies
University graduates
Economía
title_short Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
title_full Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
title_fullStr Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
title_full_unstemmed Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
title_sort Gender gaps in wages and managerial positions: Do family-oriented policies contribute to achieving gender equality among european university graduates?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
author Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
author_facet Herrarte Sánchez, Ainhoa
Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
author_role author
author2 Bellido Gómez-Salcedo, Fernando
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría Económica e Historia Económica
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gender wage gap
Management positions
Top wages
Workfamily policies
University graduates
Economía
topic Gender wage gap
Management positions
Top wages
Workfamily policies
University graduates
Economía
description This article analyzes the gender gap in wages and access to managerial positions among university graduates in 12 European countries and explores the capability of work-family balance policies to close these gaps. Using the REFLEX database, we apply the coarsened exact matching algorithm to construct a balanced sample of women and men with the same academic characteristics (field of study, internships, and academic achievement, among others). The analysis reveals that the academic program characteristics play a relevant role in labor market outcomes as the gender gaps diminish when controlling for academic features. We find that gender differences in hourly wages and access to top wages are smaller in countries with longer paid paternity leaves and larger enrollment rates of children aged 0-3 years in preschools. In contrast, work-family reconciliation policies have little effect on the constraints women face in accessing high-level positions that require strong commitment and availability
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